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Ross Shelf reports
The drill tent is up!
29 November 2024
The wind at KIS3 has eased, allowing the drill teams to complete the final step of assembling the drill tent – putting the skin on.
Ross Shelf reports
Our 2024/25 season is underway
27 November 2024
The Antarctica New Zealand traverse arrived at KIS3 on 15 November, after a 15-day, 1328 km journey across the Ross Ice Shelf.
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Forscher schmelzen ein 580 Meter tiefes Loch ins antarktische Eis
18 November 2024
Weit ab von der Zivilisation bohren Forscher durch die dicke Eisschicht in den darunterliegenden Ozean.
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International team launches second attempt to drill for Antarctic climate clues
18 November 2024
A Binghamton University Earth Sciences faculty member is part of an ambitious mission to obtain critical geological records from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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Core work to aid warming insights
14 November 2024
To the layman, they just look like big tubes of mud.
But to University of Otago geology PhD student Natalie-Jane Reid, they show what the world was like up to 1000 years ago.
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Ross Ice Shelf expedition launches to estimate future sea-level rise
14 November 2024
An expedition is underway on Earth's largest ice shelf, in the western region of Antarctic, to collect samples of marine sediments and study possible future evolutions of sea level.
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Climate researchers drill deep for Antarctic climate clues
13 November 2024
Kiwi climate researchers are part of an ambitious mission to recover critical geological records to help forecast future sea-level rise.
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International team attempt to drill deep for ‘critical to humanity’ Antarctic climate clues
12 November 2024
Kiwi climate researchers are amongst a global team on a mission to recover “critical to humanity” geological records to help forecast future sea-level rise.
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Is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet already doomed?
12 November 2024
An international team is on a mission to find out if the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is doomed, or whether there is time to prevent 4-5 metres of sea-level rise.
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Science team investigates state of Ross ice shelf
12 November 2024
A science team is tractor-sledding heavy equipment towards the innermost point of the Ross Ice Shelf to bring back critical information for the world's coastal communities. Eloise Gibson reports.